Society of Nephrology, proposed the name 'granulomatosis with polyangiitis' in a 2011 editorial. The new name for the condition is now widely adopted in the scientific literature and by institutions and charities. See also List of medical eponyms with Nazi associations References Further reading Grzybowski A, Rohrbach JM (2011)Should we abandon the eponym 'Wegener's granulomatosis'? A historical excursion (Letter to the editor). Retina 31, 1439-1442 1907 births 1990 deaths People from Varel People from the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg German pathologists Physicians in the Nazi Party Academic staff of the University of Kiel